2.4D engine noise, is this normal ????

[VWT4caliSpain]

Hello Everyone

So only had my vw T4 2.4D 1992 California Westfalia a few months, fitted new cam belt & water pump, fuel filter, Brake vaccum pump, filters, oil change. Still makes the same noise it always has, does this sound normal to you all ??? She runs fine , no loss of oil or water and all is good, just seems really loud to me ??? ,,,,any ideas.

You can hear the wind in the backgroud as it was a real windy day.

Do the 2.4D engines all make this noise or am i in deep dodooo.

Carl

 

[sidepod]

She's a peach

 

[andyinluton]

Hello Everyone

just seems really loud to me ??? ,,,,any ideas.

I found moving the volume slider to the left made it quieter!

Your engine sounds perfect, stop worrying.

 

[rod_vw]

It's an older fashioned diesel so that noise is quite normal. As far as I can remember our AAB engine sounded just the same and that was a 1993 model.

 

[ArcticMatt]

Sounds beautiful. Now get a turbo fitted and you'll be happier

 

[calibusje]

Have one for more than 10 years now and yes, this is how they sound. Not as a modern diesel, that's for sure, more like a tractor but oh so ttustworthy. Mine's for sale now and I feal heartbroken, strange but true.

 

[westfalia]

It might just be me
but it sounds like a bag of spanners.

 

[calibusje]

It might just be me
but it sounds like a bag of spanners.

yes, they do.
You can adjust the fuel supply a bit (make it 'richer' or how do you say it in English) which makes the engine run a little differently (and even makes it run a little bit smoother) but this is it.

 

[sidepod]

It might just be me
but it sounds like a bag of spanners.

That’s the sound of reliability.